Synthesis and Application of Well-Defined Stimuli Responsive Materials
Lambeth, Robert
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Description
Title
Synthesis and Application of Well-Defined Stimuli Responsive Materials
Author(s)
Lambeth, Robert
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Jeffrey Moore
Department of Study
Chemistry
Discipline
Chemistry
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Chemistry, Polymer
Language
eng
Abstract
Ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) was used to prepare well-defined azobenzene functionalized polymers with unprecedented control over molecular weight and functional group tolerance. The material's physical response to plane polarized light was studied in thin films and latex particles. Relief gratings were fabricated in a single step via proximity field nanopatterning which provided interesting surface structured materials without the need for development or post curing. The same material was used to prepare isotropic colloidal particles of the polymer. These latex particles were transformed to ellipsoids in response to irradiation by linearly polarized light perpendicular to the sample surface.
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